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The fog lifts from the tops of the buildings leaving them stranded in light rain. By the time Dermot gets back to his close he spots pedestrians...
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grimms19
Dermot picks up Angela and carries her into his wee boy’s room. His son, a step ahead in the lobby, slips into the room picks up his book of fairy...
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grimms18
It’s closing time when Dermot leaves the pub. The last round of drinks with his mates he’s downed a couple of goldies, the whiskies flowing through...
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grimms17
Jaz and Rab guard the bottom of the close, the wind scouring the back courts. The bins are on fire again. Flames leaving smouldering debris, the...
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grimms16
Instead of going home, Jaz kept walking. Not far, a few closes along, on another day, a good summer’s day, he could lean out the window and give Rab...
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I've not read a lot of Dylan
Posted on Sun, 08 Aug 2021
I've not read a lot of Dylan Thomas, but his words burtst from the page. I guess that's what we all aim for.
Read full commentPosted in Fleeting Observations Of A Poet
Hammer House of horrors, I
Posted on Sat, 07 Aug 2021
Hammer House of horrors, I remember it well.
Read full commentPosted in Vampire Wedding in North Cornwall
I suffer from saccaddes, it's
Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021
I suffer from saccaddes, it's a kind of work blindness, like sand in your eyes. You can obviously, see, poetry.
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geez don't spoit it, bring on
Posted on Sun, 01 Aug 2021
geez don't spoit it, bring on the sunshine.
Read full commentPosted in Dreams of Rain
Father Ambrose sounds like a
Posted on Fri, 30 Jul 2021
Father Ambrose sounds like a businessman, putting his mark down and sacking employees. Sad about the women who had to give their children away. I was shocked it was still happening in Ireland in the 1930s, with children dying of hunger. We always...
Read full commentPosted in Maria's Diary 37
beautiful.
Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021
beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in In IKEA, he dreams about the woman he loves
I guess war is always
Posted on Fri, 23 Jul 2021
I guess war is always described as inevitable. That way it's like a kid's told-you-so.
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some cowards and heroes,
Posted on Fri, 23 Jul 2021
some cowards and heroes, typically, Englsimen desribed in glowing terms, lasars and coloured men in the former category. I guess it wasn't quite like that.
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poor sap. wonder what mother
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
poor sap. wonder what mother will say.
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who is Mendes? congratualtion
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
who is Mendes? congratualtion on poem of he week. well deserved.
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